Second Industrial Revolution

Historical marker location:

Traverse City, Michigan

( Marker is at the intersection of Grandview Parkway (U.S. 31) and Division Street (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling west on Grandview Parkway.)

Historic Traverse City. The West Bay Waterfront.

The first European settlement in Michigan was founded by French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701. He established the settlement of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (later known as Detroit), which became an important trading post and military stronghold for the French and later the British.